Social Isolation and Loneliness...

I’M STUCK…

I WANT TO LEAVE…

I CAN’T.

CAN YOU HEAR ME?

DO YOU SEE ME?

CAN YOU FEEL MY FEELINGS?

I’M STUCK...

EACH DESIGN OF THIS FASHION COLLECTION HAS ITS UNIQUE CHARACTER, AND EACH ONE REFLECTS THREE ASPECTS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION AND LONELINESS: THE PARADOX OF SELF-PROTECTION AND CAPTIVITY, THE MUTUAL INFLUENCE AND REINFORCEMENT OF THE EFFECTS, AND THE MULTIPLE PERCEPTIBILITY OF SOCIAL ISOLATION AND LONELINESS. EVEN THOUGH THE VARIOUS OUTFITS HAVE DIFFERENT FEATURES AS THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN NARRATIVE, THE DIFFERENT DESIGNS TELL ONE COMMON STORY – THEY TELL THE SAME STORY, ONLY IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

WE’RE CONNECTED LIKE LINKS IN A CHAIN.

WE’VE A COMMON SORROW, ONLY EXPRESSED IN DIFFERENT WAYS...

IN MY LONELINESS, I HEAR MY LOUD GRIEF...

IN SOLITUDE AND SILENCE, I SEE THE PICTURE OF MY GREAT GRIEF...

IN MY LONELINESS, MY LOUD VOICE IS SILENCED...

EACH OUTFIT ILLUSTRATES SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND MENTAL ISOLATION. THEY INTERPRET IT DIFFERENTLY, THOUGH, AS ISOLATION CAN MANIFEST ITSELF IN DIFFERENT WAYS FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE – IN ITS CAUSES AS WELL AS IN ITS EFFECTS FOR THE ISOLATED PERSON.

IF, ONE DAY, YOU HEAR MY VOICE, THE VOICE OF MY GREAT GRIEF…

YOU WILL KNOW THAT IT HAD BEEN THE LOUDEST VOICE IN THE WORLD…

THE VOICE OF GRIEF...

THIS PROJECT IS EXPERIMENTAL FASHION. IT IS AN ENDEAVOUR THAT CROSSES THE BOARDERS OF ORDINARY FASHION DESIGN AND COMBINES IT WITH SCULPTURAL DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE. I PERCEIVE IT AS ART – ART AT THE INTERFACE OF FASHION, SCULPTURE, AND PERFORMANCE.

THIS FASHION COLLECTION EXPRESSES ONE SHARED STORY TOLD BY SEVERAL PEOPLE IN VARIOUS OUTFITS IN DIFFERENT WAYS. IF THEY ARE COMBINED AS THE LINKS IN A CHAIN AND EQUIPPED WITH A LOCK, THEN WE BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRETY OF SOCIAL ISOLATION AND LONELINESS.

A prison for myself...

Entrapped in administration...

Listen to my loneliness...

Freedom in social isolation...

Ravelled in laws and roles...